Chapter Summaries

Zhang Junbao turned the million Zerg Warriors’ combined attack into the devastating Taiji Yang Sword and seemed poised to clear the Seventh Trial Tower. Before he could finish off the Zerg Queen, however, the Insect King killed Queen Elizabeth and began devouring the tower’s queen, leaving Zhang Junbao to wonder whether it had become more than part of his fighting strength.

• Zhang Junbao redirected the million Zerg Warriors’ energy attack, transformed it into the Taiji Yang Sword, and killed them all with one strike.
• The spectators, including Bolan, Luo Feng, Thunder God, and Rong Jun, reacted to Zhang Junbao’s technique, while Ganwu Country Lord celebrated his performance.
• Zhang Junbao recovered and prepared to defeat the remaining Zerg Queen, expecting to end the trial.
• The Insect King appeared on the Zerg Queen’s Mother Nest, killed Queen Elizabeth, and began absorbing the queen’s body and energy.
• Zhang Junbao questioned why the Insect King had betrayed him and whether it still counted as part of his fighting strength.

Zhang Junbao discovered that the Insect King had rebelled and absorbed the Zerg Queen, triggering a final trial that required him to kill it within one day. After a fierce battle, Zhang Junbao defeated the Insect King with his Tai Chi Push Hands technique and passed every stage of the Trial Towers.

• Chaos City Lord learned that the Original Ancestor had changed the final trial rules and ordered Nine Swords to ensure Zhang Junbao entered the Virtual Universe Company.
• Zhang Junbao received the final trial: kill the Insect King within one day, while the Insect King continued evolving after absorbing the Zerg Queen.
• Zhang Junbao and the Insect King clashed at terrifying speed, and Zhang Junbao was wounded while the observing geniuses watched through Nine Swords' enhanced perception.
• Zhang Junbao turned the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword into gloves and used Tai Chi Push Hands to control and compress the Insect King.
• Zhang Junbao hurled the compressed Insect King away, and it exploded; the Trial Towers then announced that he had passed every stage and ranked first.

Zhang Junbao’s unprecedented clearing of every Trial Tower brought him first place in the Genius Battle and made the Ganwu Universe Country a focus of celebration. As he prepared to enter seclusion and study what he had learned, Bolan resolved to pursue him, while Thunder God rallied the other Ganwu geniuses and committed to growing stronger.

• The geniuses, including Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Bolan, watched Zhang Junbao emerge after clearing every Trial Tower, and Bolan vowed to make him his rival.
• Thirteen received congratulations from the other Universe Country leaders after Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun secured first, third, and eleventh place.
• News of Zhang Junbao’s achievement spread across the universe, and the Ganwu Universe Country, Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and Silver Blue Empire celebrated.
• Zhang Junbao discovered that the Insect King’s points had raised his final score to 77777777000, and Thirteen explained that he and the other top contestants would enter the Virtual Universe Company’s core.
• Zhang Junbao asked Thirteen for time to enter seclusion and review his insights from the Trial Towers, and Thirteen agreed.
• Thunder God urged the Ganwu geniuses to keep striving in the Ganwu Secret Realm and resolved to grow strong enough to help Zhang Junbao shoulder Earth’s coming pressures.

Venerable Nine Swords announced the qualification-match rules, while Zhang Junbao watched the battles and shared his ideas about improving secret techniques. He left the other top geniuses discussing his advice and exchanging insights as the matches continued.

• Venerable Nine Swords announced that the top 100 contestants had qualified, while contestants ranked 101st through 7,200th would compete for 900 remaining places.
• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun watched the arena battles, and Luo Feng explained why Hong's understanding of illusions surpassed Galesi's brute-force methods.
• Zhang Junbao described how he cultivated the True Meaning of Taiji and argued that geniuses should test and refine secret techniques openly.
• Wuka introduced himself to Zhang Junbao and asked to spar and exchange insights, while Luo Feng teased him about seeking free guidance.
• The spectator seats became an informal gathering for exchanging cultivation insights as Venerable Nine Swords watched approvingly.

Venerable Nine Swords announced how the thousand new Core Members would be ranked and assigned cultivation resources, with the top two gaining access to the Primal Secret Region. As the contestants prepared for the next matches, Wuka explained the region’s exceptional benefits, while Luo Feng wondered about Rong Jun’s mysterious background.

• After the arena battles, the final 900 contestants were selected, joining the 100 who had already qualified as Core Members of the Virtual Universe Company.
• Venerable Nine Swords announced the prizes and secret realms assigned by rank, and explained that the Virtual Universe Network would select contestants for the next one-on-one matches.
• When contestants objected to the system’s selections, Venerable Nine Swords told them they could leave, and Rong Jun and Wuka said the Virtual Universe Company had little reason to heed their complaints.
• Wuka described the Primal Secret Region’s limited membership and lavish support, including an Immortal guard captain, ten World Lords, and a hundred Domain Lords for each of its top members.
• Luo Feng asked Zhang Junbao about Rong Jun’s knowledge, and Feitian suspected Rong Jun was using a false identity; Babata then noted how much greater Zhang Junbao’s rewards were than Hu Yanbo’s fortune.

Zhang Junbao advanced through the Genius Battle and defeated Illusion Demon Galexi after making him believe his own illusion. The chapter left Galexi defeated and publicly humiliated, while Zhang Junbao remained in contention for the top ranks.

• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and the other geniuses defeated their opponents and advanced to the top hundred, then the Virtual Universe System selected twenty contestants for the next round.
• Venerable Nine Swords paired Zhang Junbao against Illusion Demon Galexi, who declared that he alone could defeat Zhang Junbao and demanded he kneel.
• Galexi cast an illusion on Zhang Junbao but instead fell into Zhang Junbao's illusion and imagined himself winning the Genius Battle.
• Zhang Junbao exposed Galexi's mistake before the watching contestants and Immortals, drawing widespread laughter.
• Galexi attacked Zhang Junbao in a rage, but Zhang Junbao split his black wheel of light and defeated him with a sword strike.

Zhang Junbao defeated Illusion Demon Galexi and advanced through the tournament, while the remaining top contestants fought for the final ranking. After Luo Feng conceded to Zhang Junbao and lost to Bolan, Zhang Junbao faced Bolan in the eagerly awaited final battle.

• Zhang Junbao defeated Illusion Demon Galexi by turning his desire to win against him, leaving Galexi humiliated and shaken.
• The ten arena winners were Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Bolan, Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, Wuka, Ai Chen, Rong Jun, Long Yun, and Lancelot, and Venerable Nine Swords announced the matchups for the next round.
• Zhang Junbao defeated Ai Chen with his Space-Time Domain and Space-Time Hunyuan Sword, while Bolan, Luo Feng, Wuka, and Qian Shui also won their matches.
• In the round-robin tournament, Zhang Junbao defeated Wuka and Qian Shui, then Luo Feng conceded to him.
• Bolan defeated Luo Feng using over a thousand illusion bodies, setting up the final battle between Zhang Junbao and Bolan.

Zhang Junbao defeated Bolan in the final battle of the Genius Battle and showed him how to improve his Space Secret Technique through exchanging ideas with other geniuses. Venerable Nine Swords announced the rankings and rewards, sending the competitors toward their futures with the Virtual Universe Company.

• Bolan summoned a thousand Phantom Bodies to challenge Zhang Junbao, who explained how the technique exposed Bolan's true position.
• Zhang Junbao used his Space-Time Domain to locate and kill Bolan with a single strike.
• Zhang Junbao encouraged Bolan to share his Secret Technique and learn from the other geniuses, and Bolan agreed to exchange insights with him and seek Wuka's help.
• Venerable Nine Swords announced that Zhang Junbao and Bolan would enter the Primal Secret Region, while the other competitors would be assigned to secret regions based on their rankings.
• Venerable Nine Swords declared the Genius Battle concluded and said the geniuses would be taken to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters before traveling to the Initial Universe.

After the Genius Battle, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng learned that the Virtual Universe Company would transport the top thousand geniuses to its headquarters in three years using special F-class spaceships. Zhang Junbao returned to Earth to celebrate with his family before preparing to leave for a long period of cultivation.

• Lord Thirteen congratulated the Ganwu Universe Country's geniuses, and Mana collected their addresses and announced that company ships would bring them to headquarters in about three years.
• Rong Jun warned Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, and the others that many geniuses died before reaching adulthood and that becoming an Immortal was extremely difficult.
• The geniuses were stunned to learn that the Virtual Universe Company would provide each of them with a special F-class spaceship and distribute their prize money.
• Wuka, Death God Bolan, and the other geniuses left after exchanging farewells and challenges, and Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng returned to reality.
• Zhang Junbao shared a family dinner with Yang Fei, Zhang Anzhong, and Xu Yan, who supported his departure and agreed to protect their home on Earth.

Zhang Junbao revealed to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God that he had access to projections of humanity’s fifty-two Chaos Steles, then invited them to choose one to study. The chapter left them examining the steles’ images and preparing to select paths suited to their cultivation.

• Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng prepared to leave for Virtual Universe Company Headquarters while Thunder God and Hong promised to help protect Earth.
• Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God that Earth’s growing exposure made it vulnerable, and he asked them to keep it safe while he and Luo Feng were away.
• Zhang Junbao revealed fifty-two bronze gates containing projections of the Chaos Steles and explained their importance and the danger if the secret became known.
• Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God agreed to keep the secret and study the steles, which could help them grow strong enough to protect Earth.
• Zhang Junbao gave them an hour to examine the steles’ images and choose a path, and Luo Feng studied the Mother Ancestor and Heart Trace Chaos Steles among others.

Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God chose Chaos Steles suited to their cultivation paths. After reaching Bailan Star, they planned to begin studying their chosen steles during the eight days before the Virtual Universe Company's spaceship arrived.

• Thunder God chose the Mysterious Firmament Chaos Stele for its compatibility with his lightning techniques, and Hong chose the Ancient Chaos Stele for its connection to destruction and rebirth.
• Luo Feng chose the Nine Universes Chaos Stele over the Heart Trace Chaos Stele to strengthen his Spirit Reader techniques.
• Zhang Junbao explained that the Giant Axe Chaos Stele and Universe Chaos Stele had been left behind by the founder of the Giant Axe Arena and the Virtual Universe Company's strongest expert, respectively.
• Zhang Junbao chose the Universe Chaos Stele because its intertwined laws of time and space matched his True Meaning of Taiji.
• Zhang Junbao believed the Universe Chaos Stele's path could lead to replicating the universe and resolved to test its ultimate potential himself.
• The four reached Bailan Star and planned their first Chaos Stele comprehension session before the Virtual Universe Company's spaceship arrived eight days later.

Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng arrived at the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters and received their assignments as Core Members. Zhang Junbao began secluded cultivation to digest the Chaos Stele and organize his understanding of the laws, while his companions returned to training under the pressure of their ambitions.

• Feng Zhu and Sha Wu welcomed Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng on Bailan Star and escorted them aboard a luxurious F-class spaceship bound for headquarters.
• Feng Zhu showed Zhang Junbao Yuxiang Mountain and the Primal Region, while Sha Wu escorted Luo Feng to the Taichu Zone.
• Meng Yi introduced herself as Zhang Junbao’s Immortal guard captain and showed him Manor 119, which was reserved for him.
• Zhang Junbao returned to the spaceship to cultivate in seclusion, and Rong Jun and Wuka visited before deciding to return to training themselves.
• Zhang Junbao studied the Chaos Stele’s five diagrams and resolved to begin with the first, using it to clarify his understanding of the eight fundamental laws.

Zhang Junbao searched the Virtual Universe Company's treasury for secret techniques to deepen his understanding of the laws and found a work that might reveal a dangerous cosmic mystery. He spent all his points on a systematic treatise on the Ten Great Laws, leaving the questions about shattered wills for later.

• Zhang Junbao asked Feitian to show him the treasury and browsed secret techniques about the foundations of the laws.
• Zhang Junbao considered buying Space-Time Properties of the Law of Light but decided to save his points for a more useful selection.
• Zhang Junbao found Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws and learned that its anonymous author linked its strange symbol to a warning about a chaotic powerhouse and shattered will.
• Zhang Junbao recalled that a fragment of shattered will had driven Divine Eye Marquis to destroy himself, and wondered how many such threats existed.
• Zhang Junbao set aside the mystery and spent all one hundred thousand points on Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws.

During the three-year journey to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng cultivated intensely while their companions advanced in strength. The spaceship entered the Original Universe and arrived at the vast headquarters, leaving the group ready to begin the next stage of their training.

• Zhang Junbao spent his Genius Battle rewards on Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws and began studying it, while advising Luo Feng to buy Drifting Blood and conserve his points.
• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God made major progress during the journey, with Thunder God training in the Ganwu Secret Realm and Hong receiving Luo's guidance.
• Luo Feng told Zhang Junbao that he had improved his Space Law comprehension and Ten Thousand Line Flow, while Zhang Junbao claimed his law comprehension had grown roughly a hundredfold.
• Sha Wu announced that the spaceship was nearing the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, and Zhang Junbao reflected on his ambitions to master the fundamental laws and protect Earth.
• The spaceship entered the Original Universe, and its exterior simulation revealed the enormous Virtual Universe Company headquarters supercontinent.

After arriving at Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng reunited with fellow geniuses and boarded a spaceship for the Initial Universe. Zhang Junbao used the turbulent passage between universes to deepen his understanding of space and time, then saw the Initial Universe for the first time.

• Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng reached the vast headquarters continent, met their escort, and collected Luo Feng’s ordered weapons and equipment.
• The two reunited with Rong Jun, Wuka, Bolan, and other geniuses before Venerable Nine Swords led the thousand recruits aboard a G-class fish-shaped spaceship.
• Venerable Nine Swords took the group toward the Initial Universe, and the passage’s distorted space and time left most of the geniuses incapacitated.
• Zhang Junbao remained calm, urged Luo Feng to study the law fluctuations, and gained new insight into the Space-Time Law.
• The spaceship opened its ceiling, and Zhang Junbao and the other geniuses saw the Initial Universe’s chaotic air and ever-forming heaven and earth.

Zhang Junbao and the other geniuses arrived in Chaos City, where they learned about its laws, strict rules, and the precious cultivation opportunities available there. After hearing about the 52 Chaos Tablets, they studied their rubbings and prepared to choose one for their seven-day study.

• Zhang Junbao and the Immortals studied the Initial Universe’s visible secret patterns as Venerable Nine Swords explained how its unfinished laws made them easier to comprehend.
• The thousand geniuses arrived in Chaos City, where the Reception Envoy explained its rules and showed them an unclaimed Cultivation Residence with insights left by earlier cultivators.
• The Reception Envoy led the group to the City Lord’s Manor and described the 52 Chaos Tablets as complete cultivation paths left by humanity’s supreme experts.
• Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng remained calm when the others heard that each cultivator could study a Chaos Stele for seven days, since they had already practiced with projections.
• The Black-Robed Envoy gave the geniuses half an hour to inspect rubbings of all 52 Chaos Tablets, then asked each of them to report a choice.

Zhang Junbao and the other geniuses waited to enter the Chaos Stele chambers, while he reflected on the Initial Universe’s Chaos Qi. Their first glimpse of Chaos City’s immense power came when Weitesi'er and Leibo fought and were killed for breaking its rules.

• Zhang Junbao explained why he had chosen the Universe Chaos Stele and challenged Bolan and Rong Jun to spar with him.
• The Reception Envoy assigned the geniuses to available Chaos Stele chambers, while Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, and Bolan had to wait because their chosen chambers were occupied.
• A golden-robed middle-aged man explained how Chaos Qi nurtured the body, and Zhang Junbao wondered about its connection to the origins of energy and law.
• Weitesi'er pursued Leibo through Chaos City, and the two Immortals’ battle shook the city as the geniuses watched from the tower.
• An unseen power summoned a giant palm of Chaos Qi that crushed Weitesi'er and Leibo to powder for violating the city’s rules, though they soon re-formed with weakened auras.

After the Chaos City Lord imprisoned Weitesi'er and Leibo for their fight, Zhang Junbao and the other newcomers witnessed the gulf between themselves and the universe’s strongest experts. Zhang Junbao studied the Universe Chaos Stele, then claimed a residence filled with time-and-space distortions to support his cultivation.

• The Chaos City Lord ordered Weitesi'er and Leibo expelled from the Initial Universe and sent to separate Starfield Prisons.
• Zhang Junbao and the other geniuses discussed the Immortals’ Undying Bodies and the Chaos City Lord’s overwhelming power, then resolved to cultivate harder and challenge earlier batches.
• The Black-Robed Envoy led Zhang Junbao, Bolan, and the others to the Universe Chaos Stele, where they met its guardian, Lord Kandri.
• Zhang Junbao studied the Stele’s first diagram and focused on how its nine stars combined space and time laws.
• After Kandri explained how to find a Cultivation Residence and attempt the Heavenly Bridge, Zhang Junbao claimed an empty residence surrounded by time-and-space distortions.

Zhang Junbao passed the Universe School residence’s spacetime trial and discovered Kedi’s record about an Alien Race secret realm and the mysterious inscription that inspired him to go there. The chapter ended with the Chaos City Lord awakening and wondering whether the residence’s reopening was a blessing or a calamity.

• Zhang Junbao entered the residence’s spacetime maze after learning that its previous owners had set a trial for anyone seeking to claim it.
• Zhang Junbao overcame eight barriers by applying his understanding of the Space-Time Laws, then destroyed the nine sword bodies in the final test.
• Zhang Junbao passed the trial and found that the words “Universe School” contained an insight into the third diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele.
• Zhang Junbao had Feitian translate Kedi’s record, which described his accomplishments and his decision to enter an Alien Race secret realm after studying the inscription.
• Zhang Junbao wondered about Kedi’s fate and the residence’s connection to the Chaos City Lord, while the Chaos City Lord opened his eyes and sighed about the residence’s return.

Zhang Junbao visited the Heavenly Bridge and explained his law-fusion path to Bolan, who struggled to accept his advice about focusing on Space Laws. The gathered geniuses watched as Zhang Junbao entered the Universe Heavenly Bridge to begin his challenge.

• Zhang Junbao entered the Virtual Universe and arrived at the Heavenly Bridge, where Bafen explained its layers and the rewards for passing them.
• Bafen announced that Bolan had passed the first two layers but failed the third, and Bolan predicted Zhang Junbao could reach at least the third layer.
• Zhang Junbao told Bolan that he treated the bridge examiners as teachers and described his goal of fusing laws into a new language that revealed the universe's essence.
• Bafen confirmed that the later Heavenly Bridge tests involved more than powerful attacks, surprising the others with Zhang Junbao's deduction.
• Zhang Junbao advised Bolan to focus on Space Laws if balancing Space and Time exceeded his talent, and Bolan angrily challenged him to prove his own strength.
• Zhang Junbao reached the entrance to the Universe Heavenly Bridge as the other geniuses gathered to watch.